I heard it on Back To The Future.
2006-06-30 16:05:23 · 10 answers · asked by SANDY 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
In the movie, the power required is pronounced "one point twenty-one jigowatts". Although this pronunciation of "gigawatt" was once considered the correct one, it is no longer the most common. (In addition, since Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale were unfamiliar with the term, they misspelled it in the script.) Because of this, a "jigowatt" will sometimes be referred to on Internet forums as a fictional unit or to make fun of someone's electrical knowledge. The spelling "jigowatt" is used in the novelizations of films 2 and 3. However, the book of the original film uses the correct spelling "gigawatt".
2006-06-30 16:15:19 · answer #1 · answered by lostinlove 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually spelled "gigawatts" and mis-pronounced by the actor.
1.21 gigawatts is equal to 1210 megawatts. That's roughly the amount of power produced by one very large power plant, enough to power about a million homes.
2006-06-30 23:12:13 · answer #2 · answered by Keith P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't mean anything, apparently Doc Brown said it is the amount of power needed to fuel the Delorean time machine :)
2006-06-30 23:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by bldswttears 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the amount of electrical energy it takes to remove a tv controller from a guy on the recliner on a saturday afternoon
2006-07-01 01:14:32 · answer #4 · answered by john f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1000 watts is a kilowatt
1000 kilowatts is a megawatt
1000 megawatts is a gigawatt.
2006-06-30 23:07:49 · answer #5 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that Doc pronounced it "Jig-a-watt,"
But it's actually Gigawatt (normally pronounced gig-a-watt).
So listen to Computer Guy, he knows what he's talking about.
2006-06-30 23:11:07 · answer #6 · answered by Galatix27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is gigawat. 1.21 billion watts
2006-06-30 23:09:33 · answer #7 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means we are going back, to the future... and beyond lol
2006-06-30 23:09:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was a made up big number. altho i would translate it as DO NOT TOUCH ME lol
2006-06-30 23:12:31 · answer #9 · answered by xirekaj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means a whole lot a power........
2006-07-01 03:31:02 · answer #10 · answered by hpisfun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋